India recently blocked all internet, phone and SMS access to the state of Punjab for four to five days as they search for a Sikh separatist. I had a friend who was there at the time and they told me how eerie it was to see no one on a phone for a few days. Someone would occasionally pull out the phone to see if service had returned but apart from that, there were no people talking loudly on phones in restaurants or on public transport. This impacted 27 million people, which is more than the population of Australia.
– Wherever you are, try to imagine what it would be like if you lost access to the internet and your phone for five days. I can imagine a lot of stunned people walking around not knowing what to do with themselves. Contacting people would require going and seeing…
